Samsung this month started to take pre-orders on its first commercial 8K UHDTV, the Q900, which is whopping 7680×4320 resolution. Besides the massive number of pixels that the Samsung Q900-series UHDTV can display, the family features a overabundance of premium technologies from the manufacturer, including QLED FALD-like backlighting and proprietary 8K upscaling technology, support HDR formats The price per unit? is 15,000 usd that means 1,10,57,25.00 Indian Rupee.
Samsung’s Q900-series 8K UHDTV lineup will have 65, 75, 82, and 85 inch models. The first product that the manufacturer plans to make available later this month is the flagship 85-inch (Q85Q900RA) SKU targeting at the most demanding users who are concerned about the quality and experience in the first place.
Samsung’s Q900RA UHDTVs are based on the company’s panels, which are backed with quantum dot-enhanced LED backlight that can also FALD-like operation, which Samsung dubs from Direct Full Array Elite technology. The televisions feature peak brightness of 4000 nits, which is the maximum brightness at which HDR content available today. Speaking of HDR, the Q900-series officially supports HDR10, HDR10+, and HLG formats but does not support Dolby Vision (at least for now). As for colour gamut, the Q900-series can reproduce 100% of the DCI-P3 space.
The brains of Samsung’s Q900RA televisions is the company’s Quantum Processor 8K, which is doing al the decoding, upscaling, and other operations. One of the features of the SoC that Samsung proud of is its proprietary 8K AI Upscaling technology is designed to enhance the quality of digital content to its panel’s native resolution (does not work with PCs, games, analogue content, etc.). The only thing that Samsung told us about the tech is that it uses “AI-based formulas” for “intelligent upscaling”. The SoC is also able to interpolate content to 240 FPS.
When it comes to audio output, Samsung’s 85-inch Q900RA UHDTV is equipped with a 60-W 4.2-channel audio sub system.
Moving on to connectivity. Like all ultra-premium UHDTVs from Samsung, the Q900-series uses One Connect Box, which has all the physical inputs. In the case of the Q900, the box has four HDMI headers, three USB ports, and one LAN connector and the Q900-series supports 802.11ac Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.
